Clock-case



(No Model.)

H. J. DAVIES & D. M. SOMERS.

Clock-Case.

Patented June 8,1880.

HPETERS. PHOT Witnesses @ew/M O LITMOGRAPNER WASHlNGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. DAVIES AND DANIEL M. SOMERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOCK-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,614, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed April 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY J. DAVIES and DANIEL M. SoMERs, both of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clock-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to clock-cases in which the vertical corner portions of the case are of metal, while the sides are composed of plates of glass held in place by such vertical corner portions; and its object is to cheapen the cost of manufacturing such cases.

The invention consists in a novel construction of the metal corner portions of the ease. Such portions are composed of hollow opensided columns, of cylindrical or other form, preferably comprising more than half the perimeter of a tube, placed at each upright cor ner of the case, and a bolt or bar, which serves to bind the base and entablature together, and is arranged within or opposite the open side of each column in' such position that the plates of glass comprising the back and sides of the case are held between the edges of the openings in the sides of said columns and the bolts or bars. Certain of the plates so applied may fit between the inner perim eters of two columns and the adjacent or interposed plates be so arranged that their edges abut against the faces of those first mentioned, and by these means the plates are firmly secured edgewisc.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a case embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section, through the same at right angles to Fi 1, and Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section through such case.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the base, and B the entablature, of the clock-case, both of which may be of any desired construction.

In this example of our invention the base is represented as being stamped or pressed from sheet metal, and the entablature is similarly formed of two pieces of metal, stamped or pressed with any desired moldings, and united by being folded one over the other at their outer edge, a.

The vertical corner portions of the case are composed of hollow open-sided columns 0 and bolts or bars D, which constitute, in this example of our invention, the means for clamping the base and entablature together, the columns O beinginterposed between said base and entablature.

The rods or bolts D are furnished at their upper ends with nuts I) and at their lower ends with nuts 0, which may be tightened to clamp the parts of the case securely together.

The ends of the columns 0 may be secured to the base and entablature in any desirable manner. The base and entablature may, for example, be furnished with grooves or recesses, in which the ends of the columns rest, and by which said columns are precluded from lateral displacement.

.As here represented, the ends of the columns are provided with projecting prongs or spurs d, which project through holes in the base and entablature, and thus hold the colnmnsin place.

The open-sided columns 0, which are here shown as cylindrical, though they might be of other form, preferably comprise more than half the perimeter of a tube, in the present example of our invention about one-fourth of their pe rimeter being open. The bolts or rods D are arranged parallel with and within the columns or opposite their open sides, as clearly shown in Fig. 3; but the posit-ion of such bolt or rod relatively to the center of the column should be varied in proportion to the extent of the open side of said column, sufiicient space being left between the edge of the column and the bolt or rod for the reception of the glass forming the sides of the case.

The manner in which the glass plates forming the back 0 and the sides 1" of the case are held in place is clearly illustrated in Fig.3. As there shown, the plate 0, constituting the back, is ofsufiicient width to extend across the diameter of the columns at the two back corners, litting snugly at each edge against their inner surfaces, while the plates f, constituting the sides, abut against the said back plate. This construction might, however, be reversed and the side plates made wide enough to extend past the back plate, which latter would lit between them.

Thefiloor E may be of any construction, being/Here shown as composed of a metallic frame containing a glass plate, and the case is pro Vided with a handle, F, by which it may be carried.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a clock-case, of a base and entablature, hollow open-sided columns fitting between said base and entablature, rods or bolts for clamping the parts of the case together, arranged within said columns or opposite the open sides thereof, and plates forming the sides and back of said case, and fitting between the said rods or bolts and the edges of said open-sided columns, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a clock-case, of a vertical open-sided column, forming one vertical corner of the case, a bolt or rod arranged parallel with and within said column or opposite the open side thereof, and plates forming the back and one side of the case. fitting between the edges of the opening in said column and the said bolt or rod, and so arranged that the edge of one plate abuts against the face of the other plate, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a clock-case, of a base and entablature, the columns 0, fitting between the base and entablature, the bolts or rods D, the back plate, 0, fitting between the bolts or rods and the edges of the columns, and the side plates, f, also fitting between said bolts or rods and the edges of said columns and abutting at one edge against the back plate, 0, all substantially as specified.

HENRY J. DAVIES. D. M. SOMERS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, A. O. WEBB. 

